Knowledge may indeed be power when it comes to glucose monitoring, if a new analysis of more than 50,000 users of Abbott’s FreeStyle Libre is any indication. The Libre differs from a continuous glucose monitor in that it doesn’t transmit readings at all times it’s activated.

Insulin Nation hosts a regular Q&A column from IDS that answers questions submitted from the Type 1 diabetes community. Q: Why does a person require basal insulin, even when they are not eating? All questions will be answered, and yours may be chosen to appear in Insulin Nation.

Researchers have studied how high-intensity interval training (HIIT) alters the brain's glucose metabolism in physically inactive insulin resistant people. Only two weeks of HIIT training reduced glucose metabolism in all areas of the brain

I often stare at an old photograph of Dr. Frederick Banting, the discoverer of insulin, to get ideas. Against all odds, he succeeded in bringing insulin treatment into the world. The islet cells remaining after the injury secreted a hormone directly into the bloodstream, which potentially had a controlling power over glucose metabolism. As Dr. Banting himself later said, insulin is a treatment, not a cure. Banting House National Historic Site of Canada. MORE >>

Not only is Bob Geho a fellow type 1 diabetic, but he likes to refer to himself as a “liver evangelist” when it comes to how glucose and insulin work inside the body. Or more accurately, how they don’t currently… The post Father-Son Team Develop Nanotech for Better Insulin Therapy appeared first on DiabetesMine: the all things diabetes blog. MORE >>

She told me how, years ago, she had been accepted to medical school and elected not to go because she knew that, with the intensity of the studying and crazy schedule of hospital rotations, she would not be able to manage her glucose levels properly. More recently, I spoke to a woman in tears about her 13 year-old-son, who just can’t get his glucose levels in a reasonable range. The average glucose on this patient was 197 mg/dl, corresponding to a predicted A1C of 8.5%. MORE >>

Lipska, a Yale School of Medicine endocrinologist, opened up her presentation on rising insulin costs by sharing the story of a patient with diabetes in crisis. The 68-year-old man had glucose levels which were out of control, and his A1C score had climbed north of 16]. Dr. Lipska learned the patient wasn’t in denial or noncompliant – he simply couldn’t afford his insulin. Read more: Selling a Lifetime of Insulin for $3. Kasia J. MORE >>

Some people don’t understand why people with diabetes get upset at the price of insulin. They see insulin for sale at a relatively reasonable price in Walmart and don’t see the problem. What they don’t know is that these Walmart insulins just don’t perform nearly as well as the more expensive insulins, and that gap in performance can have a very negative effect on the health of people with diabetes. These insulins are not interchangeable. Commentary. MORE >>